Hosta

Retired

This user is no longer active on Wikipedia.

Who am I?

I'm a 33–34 year-old Englishman. I mainly do behind the scenes stuff like anti-vandalism. When I have the time, inclination, and resources, I improve articles on my favourite video games.

What's with the number?

The usernames I wanted were all used or too similar to existing names. As I'm no good at thinking up names, I had to come up with something that "identified" me in a way without actually identifying me, if that makes any sense.

Why is this page so colourful and gay?

To (hopefully) make a nice change from the usual mono-coloured backgrounds found on almost every other page. It certainly makes a change from the previous colours (when this page was a complete mess) anyway. I also like bright and colourful things in real life.

Unpopular opinion pieces I have written

Favourite essays

Hoaxes I've found

Wikipedia:List of hoaxes on Wikipedia/PH Games

**Articles I have improved (or helped improve):**
Article	From	To	Engvar
Operation: Inner Space
Ridge Racer Revolution
Ridge Racer (video game)
Black & White (video game)
Dungeon Keeper
Astro Warrior			.
Sonic R			.
Theme Hospital			.
Theme Park (video game)			.
Dungeon Keeper 2			.
Unreal Tournament			.
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament			.
Destruction Derby 2			.
Gearheads (video game)			.
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos			.
Bullfrog Productions			.
Discworld (video game)			.
Solar Winds			.
Simon the Sorcerer			.
Theme Park World			.
Lionhead Studios			.
Denki Blocks!			.
Two Point Hospital

**Articles I have created:**
Article	Class	Engvar
Puzzle & Action: Tant-R
Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R
Night Striker
Puzzle & Action: Treasure Hunt
Party Quiz Mega Q
Dungeon Keeper (2014 video game)
Micro Machines (video game)
Creation (video game)
Gary Carr (video game developer)
Les Edgar
Mark Webley
Two Point Studios
Glenn Corpes
Lost Toys
The Indestructibles (video game)
The Cutting Room Floor (website)
Discrimination against asexual people
Advanced Lawnmower Simulator
Gayming Magazine

This user helped promote Ridge Racer (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Ridge Racer Revolution to good article status.

This user helped promote Sonic R to good article status.

This user helped promote Black & White (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Dungeon Keeper to good article status.

This user helped promote Theme Park (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Dungeon Keeper 2 to good article status.

This user helped promote Unreal Tournament to good article status.

This user helped promote Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament to good article status.

This user helped promote Destruction Derby 2 to good article status.

This user helped promote Theme Hospital to good article status.

This user helped promote Micro Machines (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Simon the Sorcerer to good article status.

This user helped promote Discworld (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Bullfrog Productions to good article status.

This user helped promote Gearheads (video game) to good article status.

This user helped promote Two Point Hospital to good article status.

Awards

This editor is a **Senior Editor III** and is entitled to display this **Rhodium Editor Star**.

		The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
		For correctly deducing that the ASSISI EMHSS article was a copyright violation, and for following up on that concern, you are hereby awarded this Copyright Cleanup Barnstar! Despite the fact that you were unable to find the source of the material, you've developed a good sense for when something doesn't sit right in article, and that veteran-level instinct will be a worthy companion for as you and the project as a whole for as long as you remain a Wikipedian. TomStar81 (Talk) 12:05, 18 July 2015 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	For stirring up the best discussion of A7 that I've seen yet. Peridon (talk) 18:09, 25 November 2015 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	For your contribution to Omnisexuality page. :) Mr RD 19:19, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Thanks for your work in preserving A7! Appable (talk) 19:58, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Yes, I see you just got a barnstar for your diligent work with A7's, and yes, you deserve a second one. Awesome job; keep it up! VQuakr (talk) 03:31, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

	The Civility Barnstar
	Way to keep your cool in the face of the outrageously blatant tantrum above. The speedy and PROD nominations were both clearly invalid, and you were unambiguously in the right here. Way to go! VQuakr (talk) 02:13, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Thanks for guiding me through my crash course in speedy deletion. I'll be sure to make better decisions down the road. Colonel Wilhelm Klink (^Complaints\|_Mistakes) 02:35, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	for giving the final push to get M32 motorway to good article status, and also for the insightful User:Adam9007/A7 myths debunked. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 21:31, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	You're kept beating me to it when I click the rollback link every time at the massive male/female edit war. hehehe KGirlTrucker81^{huh? what I'm been doing} 02:12, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Great job on developing Dungeon Keeper (2014 video game)! Its awesome to see a new article with such good research in the first pass! Sadads (talk) 00:22, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Well done for your quick response to what might have been a threat of harm. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:04, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For bringing the vandalism that I heard about to the attention of the right people and helping to get to the bottom of the mystery. Slashme (talk) 20:14, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	I've been seeing you do a lot of good work on copyvios recently. Thanks for helping out in this area. It's very important and I'm glad you've decided to help out. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:26, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

The Video game Barnstar

Your minions have given you a barnstar! For your efforts on Dungeon Keeper! You need a treasure room, to store barnstars!! O.R.^Comms 13:10, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Good work on Mark Webley, well written article, with good referencing and style. Keep up the good work. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 11:39, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		In recognition of your efforts in fighting vandalism on Wikipedia BarnstarFairy (talk) 02:35, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Hi Adam9007, Thank you so much for submit the protection! Wraper11 (talk) 20:04, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For going above and beyond and dedicating your time to combat a single, serial vandal in the early hours of the morning, so quickly that all I could do was sit back and watch as their edits were reverted. ThadeusOfNazereth^{Talk to Me!} 02:31, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for noticing the vandalism on my user page! P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 21:29, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Other stuff

GA Targets

Lionhead Studios
Peter Molyneux
Only Fools and Horses (it's a bit outside my "area of expertise", but I like a challenge)

FA Targets

Possible future articles

???

Links

Moves
"Deletions"
Page curations (although I normally use Twinkle to review pages)
Uploads
AfD stats
Namespace stats
Edits stats

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